LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Charles H. Aldrich	Attorney	28-Aug-1850	13-Apr-1929	US Solicitor General, 1892-93
Maximilian von Baden	Head of State	10-Jul-1867	6-Nov-1929	German Chancellor 1918
Karl Benz	Inventor	25-Nov-1844	4-Apr-1929	Invented the automobile
Victor L. Berger	Politician	28-Feb-1860	7-Aug-1929	Socialist Rep. from Wisconsin
William D. Boyce	Activist	16-Jun-1858	11-Jun-1929	Founder of Boy Scouts of America
Charles F. Brush	Inventor	17-Mar-1849	15-Jun-1929	Street lights
David Buick	Engineer	17-Sep-1854	6-Mar-1929	Designed the first Buick motorcars
Georges Clemenceau	Politician	28-Sep-1841	24-Nov-1929	French Prime Minister, 1917-20
Lillie Hitchcock Coit	Philanthropist	23-Aug-1843	22-Jul-1929	San Francisco eccentric
Charles Cooley	Educator	17-Aug-1864	8-May-1929	Looking-glass self
Adolph Coors	Business	4-Feb-1847	5-Jun-1929	Founder of Coors Brewery
Wyatt Earp	Government	19-Mar-1848	13-Jan-1929	Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Pierre Fatou	Mathematician	28-Feb-1878	10-Aug-1929	Complex analytic dynamics
Ferdinand Foch	Military	2-Oct-1851	20-Mar-1929	Allied Supreme Commander WWI
Robert Henri	Painter	25-Jun-1865	12-Jul-1929	Art Students League of New York
Myron T. Herrick	Politician	9-Oct-1854	31-Mar-1929	Governor of Ohio, 1904-06
Herman Hollerith	Inventor	29-Feb-1860	17-Nov-1929	Invented the punchcard
Miller Huggins	Baseball	27-Mar-1879	25-Sep-1929	Yankees Manager, 1918-29
Henry B. Jackson	Military	21-Jan-1855	14-Dec-1929	Radio telegraphy
Blind Lemon Jefferson	Singer	24-Sep-1893	Dec-1929	Influential bluesman
Lillie Langtry	Socialite	13-Oct-1853	12-Feb-1929	Mistress of future King Edward VII
Lilli Lehmann	Singer	24-Nov-1848	17-May-1929	Operatic, Wagnerian soprano
Brander Matthews	Critic	21-Feb-1852	31-Mar-1929	The Study of American Literature
Wilhelm Maybach	Engineer	9-Feb-1846	29-Dec-1929	Designed the Mercedes
Vernon Louis Parrington	Historian	3-Aug-1871	16-Jun-1929	Main Currents in American Thought
William Pigott	Business	27-Jun-1860	19-Jul-1929	Pacific Car & Foundry
Archibald Philip Primrose	Head of State	7-May-1847	21-May-1929	UK Prime Minister 1894-95
Charles B. Purvis	Doctor	14-Apr-1842	14-Dec-1929	Pioneering African-American physician
Wilds Preston Richardson	Military	20-Mar-1861	20-May-1929	Brigadier General, invaded Russia
Henry Roberts	Politician	22-Jun-1853	1-May-1929	Governor of Connecticut, 1905-07
Elmore Y. Sarles	Politician	15-Jan-1859	14-Feb-1929	Governor of North Dakota, 1905-07
Pinetop Smith	Pianist	11-Jun-1904	15-Mar-1929	Inventor of Boogie-Woogie
Gustav Stresemann	Head of State	10-May-1878	3-Oct-1929	German Chancellor 1923
John F. A. Strong	Politician	15-Oct-1856	27-Jul-1929	Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1913-18
Oscar W. Underwood	Politician	6-May-1862	25-Jan-1929	US Senator from Alabama, 1915-27
Thorstein Veblen	Economist	30-Jul-1857	3-Aug-1929	The Theory of the Leisure Class
Bernhard von Bulow	Head of State	3-May-1849	28-Oct-1929	German Chancellor, 1900-09
Aby Warburg	Scholar	13-Jun-1866	26-Oct-1929	Founder of the Warburg Institute
Richard Zsigmondy	Chemist	1-Apr-1865	23-Sep-1929	Ultramicroscope

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